April 25, 2025 • 9 mins
Jack Michaels, Mike Berg and Paul Ralston talk about UND's football spring showcase and what to expect in the fall.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Rum boat takes a low snamp, looks back, pump fink
down and go. He's got poe off and bowl it
makes the catch. He's on the twenty fifteen to ten.
Fuck get in there, touchdown on the cutter. It's another
home run. It's another big pole, and you indeed has
taken a lead. Oh, Boone Belquitz gets outside thirty pos
(00:25):
at thirty five B with the forty cuts inside forty
five min field post seasons feet as show me a
shake thirty twenty five twenty stiff farms on the fender,
fifteen ten five out. He's front down up the five
yard line. What an electric play by Boo Belquist here
in the Fargo Doe. Here's a play action. Fant Simon
cops his arm. He's got a man. It's phone wind open.
(00:47):
Counted the twenty two cuts inside the twenty ten Did
he do it? He tip tons his way in boom
lose football, punch down on the cottor his second today,
and you indeed recleaned the lead. Jack Michaels, Mike Berg,
Paul Rolston back here at the French Paul and Athletics Centers.
(01:08):
A football showcase for the University of North Dakota offense
back in the field or driving. I suppose we're to
the third quarter now or twenty five frives here. Jack Sulic,
I believe was a quarterbacking part of this. Paul put
that piece together there with the highlights of baul Belquist,
and you know, are my allergies acting up to get
a little sentimental when you talk about bau Belquist, because
(01:30):
he's gone, you know, and he's off to his next thing.
But Fellas, he has rewritten many of the record books
for the University of North Dakota. He was the go
to guy. What ran through bou Belquist DNA was a
little different than what runs through everybody else. So that said,
(01:50):
now we move on, and I think and we'll hear
from herek Smitht maybe later in Isaac Frickte is certainly
on this. It's not that the University of North Dakota's
covered as empty mic in receivers. It's just that I
think they're looking for someone not to I think Paul
said this earlier. You're not going to replace bull Belquist,
but you need some separation here, right, Someone's got to
start emerging.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
They have a nice group that receiver room might be
to me, the deepest room on the football team. A
lot of guys in that room that can play. We'll
see who separates, who elevates themselves. And I think the
offensive line is going to be solid, and so you're
going we have seen now you're going to have to
move the ball through the air to win.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
In this league.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
It can't. You can say we want to run the ball,
but you better be able to throw it or you're
just out of business.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Well, Javans too. Polanta Johnson just showed off a little
bit of his arm. He's under center, down to that
gun making a pass downfield. It's incomplete, Paul. You know,
we've seen some emerging you know, Sam Strandell. Mike talked
about local products that have come in and and show
dwell and have worked hard. That's one, you know. Dang, dang.
We see the physical specimen that he is, Paul. I
(02:59):
thought we saw catch a pass earlier today. Nate Devontinak,
We're not seeing an action tonight here. Cayden Dennis is
a guy that I think Paul we talked about loves
to play in traffic or was forced to play in
traffic sometimes. Corey Tie, you know a guy that's got
feet that that shifting and moved. And then some of
the guys that you know we talked a little bit about, uh,
the transfers, you know, Jamal Young, the second we've sent
(03:21):
a little taste of him, Kristen Hoskins, the scat made
a catch today, Paul, that receiver group, what is it
that you're anticipating.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Well, I, you know, you go back to what bow
Belk was that did that probably won't be replicated, is
that he always had something to make the first man miss.
That is a really just that makes an individual player
that he was special. I don't know necessarily that anybody
can do that. But if you go back to Cayden Dennis,
you talked about him, you're not gonna you're certainly not
(03:50):
going to be worried about his toughness because he'll go
and make a catch. He hasn't necessarily been able to
utilize his speed for game breaking type plays. Yet, however,
maybe that starts to emerge. You mentioned a guy like
Corey Time made a play here today and certainly has
made plays throughout the last couple of seasons here in
regards to kind of show that he might be that
guy to take yet another step. You know, you mentioned
(04:13):
Sam Strandell, And the one thing I'll say about Sam
Strandel there is not a player typically when I come
to a practice that will outwork Sam Strandel.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
That's why he's on this team.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
He just continues to basically say, yeah, I won't give
you a reason to tell me that this isn't the
place for me. And how encouraging is that, because you know,
if you're another receiver basically and you're saying, boy, how
do I how do I get past the Sam Strandell
guy that's ahead of me on the depth chart, he
just won't. You'll have to be super special to do
(04:44):
that because he will not relent and practices that sets
the tone. That's exactly what coach Schmid is looking for.
Guys like that that he can point to and say, Hey,
that's a guy that goes and earns it every single
rep on our practice days. And maybe he gets another
opportunity to take some more steps and more reps as
the season progress.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
And to that too. And that's one thing I think,
just personally in my opinion, with the University of North
Dakota here, not just the spring baul leading into the
showcase but heading into the fall, and it's the age
oled argument. It's it's like the NFL Draft yesterday, Carolina,
they give up the Panthers give up some thirty one
to thirty two points a game, so they're picking the
first round. They draft a receiver. So maybe it's like,
(05:26):
wait a minute, you're giving up thirty one points a game.
You might addressed the defense, but maybe the thought is there, well,
let's get the good quarterback another offensive weapon and we
can keep that offense on the field. Thus, maybe not
tax or defense. Who knows what the mentality is behind
that coach, but I think looking at this too, as
that quarterback, whoever that may be, gets established and comfortable
(05:47):
with its personnel, as that running that backfield which maybe
isn't as full as when Brady ali Farro was in
the backfield for North Dakota, and as these receivers you say, yes,
it's got to it's a depth group, but it needs
some emergence. So that all tells me, thank goodness, that
the offensive line is a spot of strength while the
skill sets and we saw utilization of some tight ends.
(06:08):
Your coach, that to me, just from an offensive side speaking,
Isaac Frickty he's got his working out for moving chain,
staying on the field, driving football.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Isaac Frichty knows a lot of football. His playbook is thick,
and it hasn't all been him put in. Now in
going into the second season, I will tell you one thing,
you and Paul and I are going to have to
do our homework and learn this roster because it's gonna
be a lot of different guys touching the ball this fall.
And there's talent on this football team, and I think
the coaches are pleased with that. It's let to get
(06:38):
them all healthy, and you know, I want to get
done with this spring game so we can get on
and start getting ready for August.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
One thing that'll help. We'll come back and touch on
the defense too. Yet to come. Isaac Frichty and coach
Eric Schmidt on the showcases again. The offense taking a
time out here, probably trying to reassess here, see what
they can work out currently this points system, the defense
that head thirty two to ten. We've seen a couple
of picks, we've seen some good pass breakups, we've seen
(07:06):
some good pressure, and we'll talk about that defense in
a moment in the next segment. At the quarterback cauleum
right now is Jack Suliic. Sulica is the red shirt
freshman from Burlington, Wisconsin. And you know, you know, this
guy's got a little bit of a if for anything else,
he slows a dart incomplete. But the kid under quarterback
right now for the University of North Dakota, which you
(07:28):
can never take away from him, is he threw for
over five thousand yards in high school at Burlington High
in Wisconsin. He became the old time pastoring yards, completions
and touchdowns at Burlington High. And the guy he's surpassed
with those records, Tony Romo, so abstly child. So among
(07:50):
everything else, Jack sulic He's got that. He's six four
two twenty five. So we'll see what he does on that.
We'll come back, we'll talk more about that defense. You know,
we are fueled and on behalf of you know, Paul
and his play by play and all the broadcasts we do.
Tim Hennessey and like Jr. Simplot and Jr. Simplod for
their dedication to the University of North Dakota but more
(08:11):
importantly as well to stopping hunger, and Jr. Simplod has
donated two local food shelves for every volleyball block and
football tackle and opponent misshot in basketball and hockey saves
throughout the season. Here's the number. Forty thousand, seven hundred
and forty five pounds of food. Now it's there's two
(08:33):
thousand pounds in a ton, right, coach, you were a
math guy.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Yeah right, pe major, almost.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Almost forty one thousand pounds of food deep fault up
and incomplete. So thank you, Jr. Simplot, and that'll just
continue on. Committed to stopping hunger locally all season long,
certainly on behalf of everybody on the broadcast, and we
thank you well, come back touching that defense. Yet to come,
we'll hear more from Isaac. We are from the Fritz
(09:01):
Potard Athletics Center. Eric Schmidt will take some time a
little bit later on. It's great having you with us tonight.
A lot of excitement in the air here. It's April
and we're bringing football to you and we're back with
more next on the und Fighting Hawks Radio Network.
Rum boat takes a low snamp, looks back, pump fink
down and go. He's got poe off and bowl it
makes the catch. He's on the twenty fifteen to ten.
Fuck get in there, touchdown on the cutter. It's another
home run. It's another big pole, and you indeed has
taken a lead. Oh, Boone Belquitz gets outside thirty pos
(00:25):
at thirty five B with the forty cuts inside forty
five min field post seasons feet as show me a
shake thirty twenty five twenty stiff farms on the fender,
fifteen ten five out. He's front down up the five
yard line. What an electric play by Boo Belquist here
in the Fargo Doe. Here's a play action. Fant Simon
cops his arm. He's got a man. It's phone wind open.
(00:47):
Counted the twenty two cuts inside the twenty ten Did
he do it? He tip tons his way in boom
lose football, punch down on the cottor his second today,
and you indeed recleaned the lead. Jack Michaels, Mike Berg,
Paul Rolston back here at the French Paul and Athletics Centers.
(01:08):
A football showcase for the University of North Dakota offense
back in the field or driving. I suppose we're to
the third quarter now or twenty five frives here. Jack Sulic,
I believe was a quarterbacking part of this. Paul put
that piece together there with the highlights of baul Belquist,
and you know, are my allergies acting up to get
a little sentimental when you talk about bau Belquist, because
(01:30):
he's gone, you know, and he's off to his next thing.
But Fellas, he has rewritten many of the record books
for the University of North Dakota. He was the go
to guy. What ran through bou Belquist DNA was a
little different than what runs through everybody else. So that said,
(01:50):
now we move on, and I think and we'll hear
from herek Smitht maybe later in Isaac Frickte is certainly
on this. It's not that the University of North Dakota's
covered as empty mic in receivers. It's just that I
think they're looking for someone not to I think Paul
said this earlier. You're not going to replace bull Belquist,
but you need some separation here, right, Someone's got to
start emerging.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
They have a nice group that receiver room might be
to me, the deepest room on the football team. A
lot of guys in that room that can play. We'll
see who separates, who elevates themselves. And I think the
offensive line is going to be solid, and so you're
going we have seen now you're going to have to
move the ball through the air to win.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
In this league.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
It can't. You can say we want to run the ball,
but you better be able to throw it or you're
just out of business.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Well, Javans too. Polanta Johnson just showed off a little
bit of his arm. He's under center, down to that
gun making a pass downfield. It's incomplete, Paul. You know,
we've seen some emerging you know, Sam Strandell. Mike talked
about local products that have come in and and show
dwell and have worked hard. That's one, you know. Dang, dang.
We see the physical specimen that he is, Paul. I
(02:59):
thought we saw catch a pass earlier today. Nate Devontinak,
We're not seeing an action tonight here. Cayden Dennis is
a guy that I think Paul we talked about loves
to play in traffic or was forced to play in
traffic sometimes. Corey Tie, you know a guy that's got
feet that that shifting and moved. And then some of
the guys that you know we talked a little bit about, uh,
the transfers, you know, Jamal Young, the second we've sent
(03:21):
a little taste of him, Kristen Hoskins, the scat made
a catch today, Paul, that receiver group, what is it
that you're anticipating.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Well, I, you know, you go back to what bow
Belk was that did that probably won't be replicated, is
that he always had something to make the first man miss.
That is a really just that makes an individual player
that he was special. I don't know necessarily that anybody
can do that. But if you go back to Cayden Dennis,
you talked about him, you're not gonna you're certainly not
(03:50):
going to be worried about his toughness because he'll go
and make a catch. He hasn't necessarily been able to
utilize his speed for game breaking type plays. Yet, however,
maybe that starts to emerge. You mentioned a guy like
Corey Time made a play here today and certainly has
made plays throughout the last couple of seasons here in
regards to kind of show that he might be that
guy to take yet another step. You know, you mentioned
(04:13):
Sam Strandell, And the one thing I'll say about Sam
Strandel there is not a player typically when I come
to a practice that will outwork Sam Strandel.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
That's why he's on this team.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
He just continues to basically say, yeah, I won't give
you a reason to tell me that this isn't the
place for me. And how encouraging is that, because you know,
if you're another receiver basically and you're saying, boy, how
do I how do I get past the Sam Strandell
guy that's ahead of me on the depth chart, he
just won't. You'll have to be super special to do
(04:44):
that because he will not relent and practices that sets
the tone. That's exactly what coach Schmid is looking for.
Guys like that that he can point to and say, Hey,
that's a guy that goes and earns it every single
rep on our practice days. And maybe he gets another
opportunity to take some more steps and more reps as
the season progress.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
And to that too. And that's one thing I think,
just personally in my opinion, with the University of North
Dakota here, not just the spring baul leading into the
showcase but heading into the fall, and it's the age
oled argument. It's it's like the NFL Draft yesterday, Carolina,
they give up the Panthers give up some thirty one
to thirty two points a game, so they're picking the
first round. They draft a receiver. So maybe it's like,
(05:26):
wait a minute, you're giving up thirty one points a game.
You might addressed the defense, but maybe the thought is there, well,
let's get the good quarterback another offensive weapon and we
can keep that offense on the field. Thus, maybe not
tax or defense. Who knows what the mentality is behind
that coach, but I think looking at this too, as
that quarterback, whoever that may be, gets established and comfortable
(05:47):
with its personnel, as that running that backfield which maybe
isn't as full as when Brady ali Farro was in
the backfield for North Dakota, and as these receivers you say, yes,
it's got to it's a depth group, but it needs
some emergence. So that all tells me, thank goodness, that
the offensive line is a spot of strength while the
skill sets and we saw utilization of some tight ends.
(06:08):
Your coach, that to me, just from an offensive side speaking,
Isaac Frickty he's got his working out for moving chain,
staying on the field, driving football.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Isaac Frichty knows a lot of football. His playbook is thick,
and it hasn't all been him put in. Now in
going into the second season, I will tell you one thing,
you and Paul and I are going to have to
do our homework and learn this roster because it's gonna
be a lot of different guys touching the ball this fall.
And there's talent on this football team, and I think
the coaches are pleased with that. It's let to get
(06:38):
them all healthy, and you know, I want to get
done with this spring game so we can get on
and start getting ready for August.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
One thing that'll help. We'll come back and touch on
the defense too. Yet to come. Isaac Frichty and coach
Eric Schmidt on the showcases again. The offense taking a
time out here, probably trying to reassess here, see what
they can work out currently this points system, the defense
that head thirty two to ten. We've seen a couple
of picks, we've seen some good pass breakups, we've seen
(07:06):
some good pressure, and we'll talk about that defense in
a moment in the next segment. At the quarterback cauleum
right now is Jack Suliic. Sulica is the red shirt
freshman from Burlington, Wisconsin. And you know, you know, this
guy's got a little bit of a if for anything else,
he slows a dart incomplete. But the kid under quarterback
right now for the University of North Dakota, which you
(07:28):
can never take away from him, is he threw for
over five thousand yards in high school at Burlington High
in Wisconsin. He became the old time pastoring yards, completions
and touchdowns at Burlington High. And the guy he's surpassed
with those records, Tony Romo, so abstly child. So among
(07:50):
everything else, Jack sulic He's got that. He's six four
two twenty five. So we'll see what he does on that.
We'll come back, we'll talk more about that defense. You know,
we are fueled and on behalf of you know, Paul
and his play by play and all the broadcasts we do.
Tim Hennessey and like Jr. Simplot and Jr. Simplod for
their dedication to the University of North Dakota but more
(08:11):
importantly as well to stopping hunger, and Jr. Simplod has
donated two local food shelves for every volleyball block and
football tackle and opponent misshot in basketball and hockey saves
throughout the season. Here's the number. Forty thousand, seven hundred
and forty five pounds of food. Now it's there's two
(08:33):
thousand pounds in a ton, right, coach, you were a
math guy.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Yeah right, pe major, almost.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Almost forty one thousand pounds of food deep fault up
and incomplete. So thank you, Jr. Simplot, and that'll just
continue on. Committed to stopping hunger locally all season long,
certainly on behalf of everybody on the broadcast, and we
thank you well, come back touching that defense. Yet to come,
we'll hear more from Isaac. We are from the Fritz
(09:01):
Potard Athletics Center. Eric Schmidt will take some time a
little bit later on. It's great having you with us tonight.
A lot of excitement in the air here. It's April
and we're bringing football to you and we're back with
more next on the und Fighting Hawks Radio Network.
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